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No we wouldn't. So long as you eat intuitively and listen to your body, you maintain your set point. Although I'm not actually sure why I'm posting this in a group specifically aimed at losing/maintaining low weights, as I feel readers are probably not going to want to hear it. http://www.mirror-mirror.org/set.htm…

Only your body can tell you that. I would say that your set point is the weight your are at when your are eating intuitively and freely, listening to your body and not having to overthink food or exercise or put excessive effort into maintaining your weight. You hormone levels will control your appetite so your weight…

If this 'set point' crap were true we'd all still be fat...so uh yeah, no. In order to maintain 110 pounds, OP, you'd have to eat 1300-1400 calories while sedentary, 1500-1600 if exercising 3 times a week, 1800-1900 if hitting the gym every day, so on and so forth.[/quote] No we wouldn't. So long as you eat intuitively and…

Please provide a source for this statement.[/quote] As a recovered anorexic who has spent years in and out of hospital and in consultation with dietitians, as well as having my own poor health and experiences as well as those of other sufferers, I feel I am pretty well informed. However I am happy to provide sources if…

This sounds like an incredibly disordered and body dysmorphic goal. Only about 1% of the population are naturally this tiny, to maintain a weight below your set point (read up on set point theory) will involve obsessing about your food and body rather than using those things as tools to actually LIVE YOUR LIFE. Which is…

Fat IS "useful" weight. There is such thing as having too low a body fat%. It messes with your hormones, makes you infertile, risks osteoporosis and much more. So just gaining muscle wont do her any good at all, and that's a very orthorexic way of looking at things. We need to scrap this idea that fat is "bad" or "useless".

This sounds like the exact story of my month, OP - and I am well aware it came as a result of restricting, too - now I'm battling the urges to go on a crazy detox diet to get rid of all the weight, when I know it will lead to further binges down the line...

this is wonderful, thank you

I'm the same - feel free to add me, let's do this together!!

Me too! Feel free to add me, let's do this team :)

I'm in the exact same situation - started as a result of food deprivation, then evolved into a coping mechanism. Worst thing is, I have a history of extreme restriction from my teens so feel I have nobody to turn to who will take me seriously and I am so full of shame. I have had periods where I do well though - one thing…

I'm kind of new... bad after a very long break!! Feel free to add me :)

I'm interested, would be great to have someone to do this with :) I'm 20, it would be good to have someone who probably has to juggle similar social demands!

I'm going through a similar thing at the moment, so I feel your pain. I had some weeks where I would have binges several days straight! However am starting to get a handle on it, one thing I've learned is DO NOT restrict the day after you feel you've overeaten, as this will simply trigger another binge. The day after is…